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Cancer types

More than 200 kinds of cancer have been discovered, which may broadly be categorized into 4 major groups:

1. Carcinoma: Cancerous tumours caused by epithelial or endothelial cells, e.g. Brain tumours.

2. Sarcoma: Tumours inthe tissues of mesodermal origin, e.g. Bone cancer.

3. Lymphoma: Tumours of Lymph glands and Spleen, e.g. Hodhkins disease.

4. Leukemia: Blood cancer.

In addition to these, there may be mixed Malignant tumours.

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